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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks
The US tried hard to avoid civilian kills. But it's kinda hard to do that when a dictator uses his own people as human shields and has no regard for their well being.
Some have estimated that Saddam killed millions of people.
To some extent the Iraqi people have to share blame for Saddam, the war, etc.. Even if it is only a small amount, they need to take stock. Citizens are the ultimate sovereign. If they allow criminals like Saddam to control them, bad things happen. The Iraqi people should have overthrown Saddam by any means necessary.
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Bollocks! The US never tried fuck all to avoid civilian killings. Instead the US government started a fucking war based on nothing and bragged about bombing the fuck out of Baghdad in a dramatically titled military operation called "Shock and Awe".
It's not about Saddam any longer - he's dead. This thread is about US killing rates in Iraq, - add to that torture and hell knows what else. Never think the US did anyone a favor by messing in the affairs of another nation - yet again.
Also don't bother about "dictators" - that never stopped the US in the past. There was no problem with US military training military officers of oppressive dictatorships in torture techniques and funding regimes of murder and terror.